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Deliver Us From Evil (2006)

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Reviews Counted:68

Fresh:68

Rotten:0

Average Rating:8.3/10

Consensus: Deliver Us From Evil is a superb documentary and a searing look at an institution protecting its leaders at the expense of its followers. A profoundly disturbing chronicle of a wolf in sheep's clothing, the film builds a clear-eyed case against pedophile priest Oliver O'Grady, and the Catholic bureaucracy that protected him. The recollections of O’Grady's victims are nothing short of shocking and heartbreaking.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:Oct 13, 2006 Limited

Synopsis: Director Amy Berg helms this shocking documentary, which looks at the activities of a priest named Oliver O'Grady. O'Grady had been identified by the Catholic church as a pedophile, but they... Director Amy Berg helms this shocking documentary, which looks at the activities of a priest named Oliver O'Grady. O'Grady had been identified by the Catholic church as a pedophile, but they allowed him to continue to work and molest children throughout the 1970s. Berg draws on interview footage of O'Grady and his victims to tell the unsettling tale. DELIVER US FROM EVIL was nominated for an Academy Award in 2007. [More]

Director: Amy Berg

Director: Amy Berg
Producer: Amy Berg, Frank Donner, Hermas Lassalle, Matthew Cooke
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment 1 Comment
08/07/08
Jonathan Kiefer
Jonathan Kiefer
Sacramento News & Review

This is a powerful film that will horrify you and make you angry, if you dare to see it.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
07/26/07
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
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Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
05/18/07
Sydney Morning Herald

Um relato avassalador sobre a demagogia dos altos escalões da Igreja Católica, que prefere proteger seus interesses corporativos a impedir abusos contra crianças.

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05/15/07
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

A sobering look at paedophilia in the Catholic Church, Amy Berg's gripping documentary reveals disturbing facts, but even more disturbingly, about its cover up.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
05/13/07
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05/03/07
Ian Grey
Ian Grey
Orlando Weekly
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Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
03/10/07
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Although each story is compelling, among the most heart-wrenching may be that of the Japanese-Irish couple who welcomed the new parish priest, who often slept over at their house, and who now feel responsible for letting the wolf in their door.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
03/09/07
Duane Dudek
Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A riveting, emotionally charged and startling big-screen experience. But it does more than just deliver to filmgoers. It may find a Holy Grail of real societal change for a larger constituency.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Doris Toumarkine
Doris Toumarkine
Film Journal International

Berg's portrait of a sociopath is as chilling as any in recent memory.

Full Review Source: Reeler | comment Comment
01/31/07
Michelle Orange
Michelle Orange
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Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
12/30/06
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Deliver Us Evil is more terrifying than any horror movie, because it's about something that really happened.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
12/15/06
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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Some films make you think, some make you cry, and others make you cringe. "Deliver Us From Evil," which catalogs the destruction caused by a child-molesting Catholic priest, inspires all three reactions.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
12/14/06
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

[Amy] Berg has crafted a disturbing and well-made documentary that sheds additional light on this continuously unfolding scandal.

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12/13/06
Ted Murphy
Ted Murphy
Murphy's Movie Reviews

Berg makes a compelling case that this is THE scandal of an American generation.

Full Review Source: Zertinet Movies | comment Comment
11/15/06
Steven Snyder
Steven Snyder
Zertinet Movies

Watching Amy Berg's powerful documentary Deliver Us from Evil is a wrenching experience; her subjects reveal to the camera almost unbearable levels of anguish, and its audience walks away feeling both numbness and rage.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
11/10/06
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

A compelling piece of journalism arguing O'Grady is one of hundreds of 'sexualized' priests shielded by an absolute bureaucracy that's been corrupted absolutely.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
11/10/06
Mike Russell
Mike Russell
Oregonian

Devastating.

Full Review Source: Charlotte Weekly | comment Comment
11/10/06
Sean O'Connell
Sean O'Connell
Charlotte Weekly

A documentary with the power to affect even the most jaded of moviegoers.

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
11/10/06
Matt Brunson
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